Hand-bag



July 5, 1932. c. J. MCCABE ET AL HAND BAG Filed on. 28 1930' e, vag Jakoemblz;

Patented July 5, 1932 a cnARLEsa MCCAIBE; or rone nnAcin, AND IRvINe sciionnnom. or 'cnnilnnunsr,

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,A ncation mea October 28,1930; saia1m; 49 1,sg;1 V

i i Ourp resent inventionjrelates generally'to acteristics, and of extremely attractive and unique outwardappearance;

' In Reissue Patent No. 17,514," vgranted {to us. December 3,1929, We'showabag of the inverted frame type in which apair. of frame members are provided with outwardly idisposed channels so,-- that thefabric (.can be passed over the outer walls of andintothese channels. These frame members are shown as symmetrical and as'symmetrically associated so that the handbagfabric-conceals the frame almost in its entirety. v x 1 V ,1

One of the main features of our present in which retains many of the desirable features Which, at the same time, provides, foriless than a feature' of, our invention to construct the frame members I in such a way that lalprede- 'termined and particular portion of the frame remains constantly exposed toflview. A-more particular feature of our nventlon lies in providing-a construction whereinz the inner wall of one ofthe channeled frame members 1s GXPOSGd-lnfi p'artlcularmanner.

Another feature of"; our, invention resides in a novel association, with a bag of the foregoing character, of lockingmeansin the form v p I 7 p p p v -and,f 13.being' sufliciently long tos'erve this particular and novel construction offrame p members in accordance with our invention -cooperates in a particular manner with the novel type oflocking means which wehave; V i p v 4 each frame member'may be said tobe chan-,

melee; inwardly to provide spaced inner fand outer wallswhich extend upwardly and. outwardly. The inner channeling of the frame of apair of cooperable latch elements; The

provided.

. Another general object of our invention is ,to provide an improved structure ofth'echaracter referred to wherein the advantageous features of resilience, so far -as" the,locking means is concerned, are efliciently retained without mitigating the advantageous features of our present construction. I We achieve the foregoing, objects, and such L a Figure .1-

an -ielevationalf of a hand; bag frame constructed in accordance with our c a I -Figure 4: 18 an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line. 44-of' Figure-hand I Figure 5- is pletebag. Ivention liesin providing a bag structure partment'has been includediinthe disclosure fonly-for the; purposeof illustrating atypical I bag in; which-the invention maybeemployed.

p v The outer portion ofthe frameIisj formed of; two .UI- shaped me1 nbersi and 11 which 1 are hinged-to each other .at the free ends of; V the legs of the U-,as by mea 'ns of the pivot pins other objects hereinafter; appear or Y r be pointed out, in themanner illustratively wherein exemplified in the accompanying drawing,

invention, portions being; broken away. for the sake of clearnessg'; vi Figure 2 is an, endzelevation. of thefifime, Showing-in dot and dashilines the. manner in which the frame members move when the bag isopened; I

p i Figure Bis a fragmentary plan :view of frame 1 a perspective view of a com- I plied to a frame designed for a'handbag-havof a bag 'of'the foregoing character,- and.

ing an inner compartment as well as an outer p A fcompartment; but iitwi-ll; beunderstood that i a total concealment ofthe, framein a unique and novel manner.-v ,More particularly,-: it 'is the frameportion whichformsthe inner com- .12 an 13-, Ji inher f a p n s imilarly. c0mposed,,of two Ufshapedminhers p designated general-lyi by. the reference nur meral' l l, andcalso hingedtoeaeh other fitthe.

free ends ofg the legs-of the U, theQpiiiSQ12 1 Eac Oi. zt e fii i ei b rs 16 l d- 111 substantially; ux-shaped in' icross section, as shown most clearly in 1 Figure 54;, and, thus,

member l0provides the inner and outer up- 4 standing spacedwallsl5 and 16,jrespectively.

The frame member 11 embodies V the inner and outerupstandin-g spaced wallsl7 and '18, 5PQ t YQ Y-fWh h ba i$- l ?lalh?:fl

tending outwardly, whereby the margin of legs of one frame member being shorter than mined exposure of certain frame portions in novel relationship to the bag as a whole.

It will be obvious that changes in the details hereindescribed and illustrated for the purpose of explaining the nature of our invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. It is therefore intend-' ed that these details be interpreted as illustrative, and not in a limitingsense.

Having thus described our invention and illustrated its use, what-we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a handbag, a pair of U-shaped members hinged to each other at their ends, each member beingchanneled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls extending outwardly, whereby the margin'of the handbag fabric can be passed over the outervwalls to conceal the latter and into secured position within said channels, the arms .of one frame member being shorter than those of theother so as to provide one of the members with an exposed wall, and a pair of interengageable' latch elements, one of which is mounted on one of the walls of the longer framemember and the other of which is mounted on the inner walls of the shorter frame member, the

last-named latch element being provided with an ornamental shank arranged centrally with respect to the frame members and adapted to overlie the center of said exposed wall when the bag is closed.

2. In a handbag, a pair of U-shaped metal frame members hinged to each other at their ends, each member being channeled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls exthe handbag fabric can be passed over the outer walls to conceal the latter and into secured position within'said channels and the member having the larger arms and the other of which extends upwardly beyond the top each member being channeled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls extending outwardly, whereby the margin of the handbag fabric can. be passed over the outer walls to conceal the latter and into secured position within said channels, the arms of one frame member being shorter than those of the other, and a pair of latching members one of which extends upwardly beyond the top of'the inner wall of the frame of the shorter frame member a greater dis- I- tance than the other-so as to bring the two latching'members into coactiv'e engagement, when the handbag is, closed. U

4. In a handbag, a pair of u shaped'frame membershinged to each other at their ends, each member being channeled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer "walls extending outwardly, whereby the margin of the handbag'fabric canibe passed over the outer walls to conceal the latterlandinto secured positionwithin said cl1annels,;the'arms of oneframe member-being shorter than those I of the other, and'a latch comprising a pairof globular camming elements carried by the midportions'of said frame members, respec- -tively; and extending upwardly from their respective frame members to different extents so as to-Vbring the globular elements into registration, the element mounted on the shorter frame member being provided with a flattened shank'adapted to overlie the exposed wall of the other frame member when the bag is closed;

In witness whereof .we have signed this specification this'27th day of October, 1930.-

' CHARLES J. MoCABE. IRVING SCHOENHOLZ. I

those of the other, whereby the inner metallic wall of said other member remains exposed when the bag is closed, so as to enhance,

the ornamental character of the bag, and permit of the ornamental treatmentof said" exposed surface.

3. In a handbag, a pair of U-shap'ed frame members hinged to each other at their ends, 

